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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MURRAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 272,461, dated February 20, 1883.

Application filed June 27, 1882. (N o model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MURRAY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Wagons, of which the followingis a specifica- Heretofore toy wagons have been made in the figure of a turtle having agong placed on the center of its back, and on the top of the gong is seated the-figure of a clown having a small ball of iron attached to eaclrof his heels, and by'pulling the turtle along the clown is made to strike his heels against the outside of the gong, thereby causing a ringing sound.

The shortness of the leverin the above-mentioned toy is a great objection, as it gives the striking balls so little movement that the sound thrown out is veryindistinct. This objection is obviated by myinvention, which con sists of a platform. and on' the top of which platform,on theforward end,iserected an arch, and to the top of the arch a gong is fastened byarivet. The gongis provided with a tongue beneath, the tongue being connected by a cord to the figureof a horse'connected with and standing on the top of the platform before mentioned. \Vhen the wagon is drawn along the horse is made to violently pull the cord connecting him with the tongue of the gong, and the horse and the tongue of the gong being some little distance removed from each other, the ringing sound of the gong is more resonant than-that of the gong connected with the turtle toy before mentioned.

The object of my invention is to furnish a toy wagon for they amusement of children,

which, by being drawn on any surface, will cause the figure of a horse on a platform to move backward and forward, the movement of the horse causing him to ring a gong or bell placed in the top of an arch on the forward part of the platform, the tongue of the gong being connected with the mouth of the horse by a cord or other line.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 denotes a perspective view, showing the position of my improvement resting on its wheels and ready to operate by being drawn along on any surface. Fig. 2 denotes a rear end view of the back axle, and exhibits the mechanism of the crank-axle, with the rod extending from the'crank-axle toa small movable platform, on which rest the hind feet of a horse.

In the drawings, in Fig. l, A denotesaplatform resting on the wheels W W.

a denotes an arch resting on the platform A, and to the top of which arch is attached a gong, b, which is held in its position by a rivet, c, or other proper device. The gong b is provided with a tongue, 01, and connected by a cord, 0, to a horse or other figure, F.

9 denotes asmall movable platform, attached by a hinge, h h, or other proper device to the rear end of the platform A.

To the movable platform are attached the hind feet, ff, of a horse, and, as the toy is drawn along a surface causing the wheels W VV to revolve, the platform g, being connected by a rod,t', to acrank, K,in the axle l, as shown in Fig. 2, rocks up and down, and as the hind feet of the horse are fastened to the platform gthe motion of the platform g is imparted to the figure of the horse F, causing the horse to ring the gong b by jerkingon' the cords, one end of the cord 6 being attached to the tongue 61, and the other end being attached to the mouth of the horse F.

In Fig. 2, K denotes the crank in the axle l, and t denotes the rod attached to the crank K, and, passing through the hole or slot j, conuectswith the movable platform g.

- .In.a toy wagon, the platform A, provided with a hinged platform, g, and rod t, in combination with the horse F, having a cord, 0, extending from the mouth to a tongue, d, of the gong b, attached to the arch a, substantially as shown and described.

J OHN- MURRAY. 

